[Woah, that's a lot of questions! Well, you've come to the right place.]
Technically, physical attraction doesn't have to have anything to do with love. Physical attraction is physical attraction. It does not need an ideal or belief. It simply is a pull, an urge, base or higher or otherwise, in its most basic form. Ideals and beliefs can lead to physical attraction or love or both together; it's not cut and dry. Sometimes it is impossible if you love a person's ideal or the person for whom they are. Your perception and the reality are always intertwined. Physical attraction is a central feature to most romantic feelings which are accompanied by emotional attachments and the desire for both physical and emotional to coincide. Essentially, the relationship between physical attraction and love is often not mutually exclusive; it is interconnected and messy.
If the person you feel for doesn't return your feelings, it is very often the most painful experience you will ever have, but the best you can do is accept it. But just because you accept your feelings are one-sided, it doesn't mean that you yourself will stop feeling as you do. Love and attraction defies all logic and control; it is the single unconquerable force of nature for better and for worse. People love and desire in the same breath, chastely or not, and it's not up to us to decide how we're going to feel about it. We feel, often despite everything and anything.
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Technically, physical attraction doesn't have to have anything to do with love. Physical attraction is physical attraction. It does not need an ideal or belief. It simply is a pull, an urge, base or higher or otherwise, in its most basic form. Ideals and beliefs can lead to physical attraction or love or both together; it's not cut and dry. Sometimes it is impossible if you love a person's ideal or the person for whom they are. Your perception and the reality are always intertwined. Physical attraction is a central feature to most romantic feelings which are accompanied by emotional attachments and the desire for both physical and emotional to coincide. Essentially, the relationship between physical attraction and love is often not mutually exclusive; it is interconnected and messy.
If the person you feel for doesn't return your feelings, it is very often the most painful experience you will ever have, but the best you can do is accept it. But just because you accept your feelings are one-sided, it doesn't mean that you yourself will stop feeling as you do. Love and attraction defies all logic and control; it is the single unconquerable force of nature for better and for worse. People love and desire in the same breath, chastely or not, and it's not up to us to decide how we're going to feel about it. We feel, often despite everything and anything.